Redefining Asia s Challenges and the New Role For Vietnam

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1 Redefining Asia s Challenges and the New Role For Vietnam 19 th Asian Corporate Conference April 22-24, 2009 Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 9:00am Venue: 3 rd Floor - Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers Delegate Registration ****PHOTO ID AND CONFERENCE BADGE REQUIRED**** 6:00pm Venue: Lotus and Sunflower Rooms - Rex Hotel Opening Reception 7:00pm Opening Night Dinner Welcoming and Introductory Remarks: Vishakha N. Desai, President, Asia Society Le Hoang Quan, Chairman, People s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Albert Ting, Director, Lawrence S. Ting Memorial Foundation Invited Opening Nguyen Thien Nhan, Deputy Prime Minister, Vietnam 8:30pm Dinner Concludes THURSDAY, APRIL 23 8:30am Venue: Grand Ballroom - Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers Welcoming Remarks: Ronnie C. Chan, Chairman, Hang Lung Group Ltd.; Vice Chairman, Asia Society

2 Redefining Asia s Challenges Agenda p. 2 Cao Viet Sinh, Vice Minister of Ministry of Planning and Investment, Government of Vietnam 9:00am SESSION I The Global Economic Crisis: Long-term Implications on Asia and the World Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP Stuart Dean, Chairman, US-Vietnam Business Committee, US-ASEAN Business Council Syamal Gupta, Chairman, Tata International Huang Renwei, Vice President, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Pham Chi Lan, Researcher, Institute of Development Studies Moderator: John Bussey, Washington Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal 10:30am 10:45am Nguyen Thanh Bien, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Vietnam 11:15am SESSION II How Will New U.S. Economic & Trade Policies Impact Asia? Andrew Browne, Beijing Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Senior Editor, Hindustan Times Michael Tay, Executive Director, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat Richard A. Woolcott, Founding Director, Asia Society Australasia Center Moderator: Myron Brilliant, Vice President - International Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce 12:30pm Venue: Café Saigon and Level 23 - Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers All Delegate Luncheon 2:00pm Keynote Conversation: John Negroponte, Vice Chairman, McLarty Associates Moderator: Vishakha N. Desai, President, Asia Society

3 Redefining Asia s Challenges Agenda p. 3 2:45pm Do Hoang Anh Tuan, Vice Minister of Finance, Government of Vietnam 3:15pm SESSION III Re-balancing the Global Financial System: Regulation and Reform Brett Krause, Managing Director, City Country Officer (Vietnam), Citibank Qiao Yide, Deputy General Secretary, Shanghai-Hong Kong Council for the Promotion and Development of Yangtze Scott Robertson, Economist, Dragon Capital Group Ltd. Simon Tay, Chairman, Singapore Institute of International Affairs; Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Fellow Thai Dac Liet, Deputy General Director, HCM Stock Exchange Moderator: Peter Stein, Associate Editor, The Wall Street Journal Asia 4:30pm 4:45pm Education and Training in Vietnam Nguyen Thien Nhan, Deputy Prime Minister/Education Minister, Government of Vietnam 5:15pm SESSION IV Making Asia s Growth Sustainable: Energy and the Environment Ayumi Konishi, Country Director for Vietnam, Asian Development Bank Jalel Sager, Director, Vietnam Green Building Council Tadakatsu Sano, Partner, Jones Day; Former Vice Minister, METI, Government of Japan Alex Wang, Director, China Environmental Law Project, Natural Resources Defense Council Moderator: Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director, Center on US-China Relations, Asia Society 6:30pm Sessions Conclude

4 Redefining Asia s Challenges Agenda p. 4 FRIDAY, APRIL 24 8:30am Venue: Grand Ballroom - Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers Mah Bow Tan, Minister for National Development, Government of Singapore Nguyen Hong Quan, Minister of Construction, Vietnam 9:30am Keynote to Panel: Le Hoang Quan, Mayor, Government of HCMC, Vietnam Tran Tuan Anh, Vice President of People s Committee of Can Tho Province, Vietnam 10:00am SESSION V The Future of Asian Cities: Improving Urban Infrastructure Mark Chandler, Director, City of San Francisco Cheong Koon Hean, CEO, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore Cordelia Chung, Regional General Manager; ASEAN, IBM Aashish Kalra, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Trikona Capital Albert Ting, Director, Lawrence S. Ting Memorial Foundation Moderator: Patrick Barta, Southeast Asia Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal 11:30am 11:45am Keynote to Panel: Michael W. Michalak, U.S. Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Hoan Ngoc Vinh, Director General of Education, Ministry of Education SESSION VI The Human Talent Pipeline: Education and Capacity Building Michael Mann, Managing Director (Asia Pacific), Laureate International Universities Michael W. Michalak Aftab Seth, Ambassador, India Global Link Than Trong Phuc, Country Manager, Vietnam and Indochina, Intel Semiconductor Ltd.

5 Redefining Asia s Challenges Agenda p. 5 Ton Nu Thi Ninh, President, Founding Committee, Tri Viet Centre; Former Vice Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, National Assembly Moderator: Colum Murphy, Deputy Editor, Far Eastern Economic Review 1:30pm Venue: Café Saigon and Level 23 - Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers All Delegate Luncheon 2:45PM SESSION VII Asia s New Generation of Entrepreneurs: The Development of Homegrown Enterprises Keynote Conversation: Ly Qui Trung, Founder & CEO, Pho 24 Corporation Henry B. Nguyen, Managing General Partner, IDG Ventures Vietnam Hoang Van Dung, Standing Vice President, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Moderator: John Bussey, Washington Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal 3:30pm Walter Blocker, Chief Executive Officer, Gannon Vietnam Limited Alexander John Hambly, CEO, Prudential Property Investment Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Dang Huong Giang, Director, Action for the City Sesto Vecchi, Managing Partner, Russin & Vecchi Vo Ha Duyen, Executive Partner, VILAF Moderator: Shaun Rein, Managing Director, China Market Research Group 4:30pm 4:45pm Mari E. Pangestu, Minister of Trade, Republic of Indonesia 5:15PM SESSION VIII Rising Star: Can Vietnam Emerge as an Asian Leader? Thuy Dam, CEO, ANZ (Vietnam) Virginia B. Foote, President and Partner, Vietnam Partners LLC Gu Xiaosong, Vice President, Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences

6 Redefining Asia s Challenges Agenda p. 6 John Negroponte, Vice Chairman, McLarty Associates Jonathan Pincus, Resident Curriculum Advisor, Harvard Vietnam Program and Fulbright School Moderator: Michael Vatikiotis, Regional Director Asia, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue 6:30pm Sessions conclude